Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza on Monday paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

During the meeting, the prime minister praised the professionalism of the outgoing Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and his services to the country and the nation, says a press statement issued by the PM House Media Wing.

The prime minister said that General Sahir Shamshad Mirza had demonstrated exemplary vision, leadership and professionalism during his tenure — qualities that would always be remembered.

General Sahir Shamshad Mirza will retire on November 27, 2025, upon completion of his tenure.

He will be the 18th and final Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, as the post has been abolished following the 27th Constitutional Amendment.

No new chairman will be appointed in the future.

General Sahir Shamshad Mirza completes three years in the position.

The longest-serving chairman was the late General Iqbal Khan, who held the office for three years and 344 days.

Pakistan’s first Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was General Muhammad Sharif, who was appointed by then-prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on March 1, 1976.

Admiral Muhammad Sharif and Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey were the only chairmen from the Navy, while Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan was the only officer from the Pakistan Air Force to have served in the role.

Following the abolition of the chairman’s post under the 27th Constitutional Amendment, Field Marshal General Asim Munir will assume the newly created position of “Chief of Defence Forces,” considered a significant new chapter in the country’s military leadership structure.